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Il giardino di Sofia - Roberto Carlotti $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-5366) With Gabriele Coltri, Vincenzo Caglioti, Stefano Valla e Maurizio Dehò. Musician and composer Antonello Paliotti says: Roberto Carlotti defines himself a "non-professional man of music". This is probably what makes his CD not a product to be sold, not a demo, not a promo. It is neither Northern nor Southern music; it should be given as a present, just like the famous red horn-shaped amulets or talismans; it would be better to donate it just like you donate a bit of commonsense and joyful sounds. In other words, it is not a typical fucking-damned popular-ethnic product of the music recording industry. All the "professional men" who work in this field – with Paliotti in the front row – can learn something from this CD and from Carlotti. Thanks a lot, Roberto. Sugnari - Ma'aria $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-5364) Ma'arìa are two extraordinary female voices, set to the rhythm of percussion and one guitar. With the poetry of Valeria Cimò, taken from the fragments of real life, they make powerful songs. Ma'arìa means witchcraft... incantesimo. And in their the magical formula they use potent ingredients to make a fascinating and vigorous musical statement. Adalgisiana - Tandarandan $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-5365) The return of Tandarandan, two years after their marvelous 'Epata, music of the seasons' and focused on music for dancing in an homage to all the old musicians who they have met along the way. Rev - Meikenut $10.99 (cdRoots# fce-meik1) A great new band that mixes tradition and innovation. The record presents Piedmontese traditional melodies in new arrangements Enfants terribles - E.Y.F.O. $8.99 (cdRoots# fce-eyfo) The European Youth Folk Orchestra are the 'Enfants terribles'. This is a live recording of the first European youth orchestra of traditional music. Cante Bergera (ES5319) - Betti Zambruno and Bartavela $10.99 (cdRoots# fce-bartavela) An extraordinary female string sextet busy with a repertoire inspired to the Teresa Viarengo's heritage. Upon every string, Betti Zambruno gives an example of her ability in playing the piedmontese vocal repertoire. Live au Folkclub (ES5321) - Trio Contempo $10.99 (cdRoots# fce-contempo) The powerful sensuality of tango mixed to the fascination of a female trio with accordeon, guitar and cello. Recorded at the well known club in Turin, this is the first live album for this young but very skilled ensemble, interpreting the repertoire of Astor Piazzolla. Territoris amables (ES5318 - Urbalia Rurana and Maurizio Martinotti $13.99 (cdRoots# fce-urbalia) The best band from the Pais Valencian (Spain) and the leader of the well known group La Ciapa Rusa (Piedmont/Italy), involved together in a new project. Cercando (ES5310 - Epinfrai $10.99 (cdRoots# fce-epinfrai) Epinfrai is the project of four young musicians working on the repertoire of piffero, a sort of oboe used in the musical tradition of the northern part of Apennines, in the area called of the four counties. Starting from a deep knowledge of the development in the tradition of piffero in the last two centuries, once played with the Musa (a sort of bagpipe), then with the Italian accordion, Epinfrai is trying to give a new life to the tradition with the use of stylistic solutions taken by jazz, language that belongs to the musical training of some members of the band. Arcobaleno - Falafel Project $16.99 (cdRoots# fce-falafel) A new ensemble born among the vineyards around Barolo and Barbaresco, led by well-known Piedmontese folk artist Silvio Orlandi. The record mingles traditional music with modern sounds, with trad concepts meeting rock and jazz. Nòse amor - Laura Conti and Eivador $16.99 (cdRoots# fce-5361) Laura Conti & Eivadòr prsent music of Piedmont, Italy, with Maurizio Verna, a refined guitarist and arranger who gives a very personal touch to the tradional melodies of the region. Pau i Treva - Fàbregas, Martinotti, Torregrosa, Sette $16.99 (cdRoots# fce-5359) It means 'Peace and Truce.' A thousand years after the famous medieval edict, war has become again a sad reality. Music cannot change the world, but it can surely throw little signals of peace, of social cohesion and this is the hope of this musical project, which gathers together musicians from Piedmont, Occitania, Catalunya and Pais Valencia, each one carrying his own store of personal experiences: Jordi Fabrégas, Maurizio Martinotti, Renat Sette, Toni Torregrossa, Paul James and many more! 63 Strings - 63 Strings, feat. Manomanouche $10.99 (cdRoots# fce-5357) A group of Italian musicians executes a musical raid into French Gypsy Jazz territory, joined by the well known Italian Gypsy ensemble Manomanouche and American harpist Park Stcikney. Nunzio Barbieri (acoustic guitar), Dino Contenti (upright bass) and Luca Enipeo (acoustic guitar) take on the obvious (Django Reinhardt) and some less well known turns as well (Domenico Modugno, Romane). Sacro Sud - Enzo Avitabile $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-avit06) The Neopolitan reed player returns in 2006 with a powerful new recording of sacred songs from sourthern Italy, performed in sparse, all acoustic settings that evoke wonder and passion. The ensemble is stellar and includes Luigi Lai: Launeddas; Maurizio Martinotti: Ghironda; Mario De Rosa: Mandoloncello; Giancarlo Abbatiello: Chitarra Napoletana; Carlo Avitabile: Tamburi and two vocal ensembles: Cantori Del Miserere Di Sessa and Polifonica Alphonsiana. Highly recommended. La Valle dei Saraceni - Tendachent $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-tendachent05) Tendachënt returns in 2005 to continue their exploration of the mediterranean traditions that have mixed with their Piemonte history. Founded by Maurizio Martinotti's band (also the founder of the seminal Italian ensemble, La Ciapa Rusa), Tendachent is one of the foremost modern folk ensembles in Italy today, and with this recording, the legend grows. If you like folk-rock and roots-folk in all its stripes, this one is recommended. Marinaresca - La Moresca Antica $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-moresca00) Traditional Italian music from the maritime traditions, performed by one of the most respected revivalist bands in Lombardy. This CD was originally released in 2000, and is reissued in 2006. Ël giardin dl'amor - Quartetto Tamborini $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-tamb06) This Italian folk-string quartet is back with their 2006 recording. Already appreciated for their interpretation of music that spans classical and folk traditions, the ensemble dedicates this latest disc to some Piedmontese composers of the XIX and XX Centuries. In Cerca di Grane - Ariondassa $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-arion1) Traditional music and songs of the Piedmont by an ensemble whose musicians have played with some of the most important bands of the region (Tre Martelli, Ombra Gaja, La Kinkerne, La Ciapa Rusa) Via medina - Viamedina $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-viamedina) Via Medina is a street near the port in Naples, a borderline between the city and the sea, a meeting-point of different cultures and people. Once, in the nearby alleys, there were a few nightclubs where tangos and tarantellas, blues and tammurriate, jazz and popular Neapolitan songs were played and mixed together. Now that the clubs are gone, the Via Medina gets new life in this musical project. Starting from the dialect, melodies and instruments of the Neapolitan tradition, Viamedina takes various roads to give new perspectives to an already rich heritage of ancient memories. noi siam nati chissa quando chissa dove - Pinti, Zambruno, Cardinali, Biollati, Malafatto $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-noi) Noi siam nati chissà quando chissà dove is music from a film commemorating the 60th aniversary of liberation from the viewpoint of the province of Piacenza. Four great artists join together to make this musical history come to life: the voices of Betti Zambruno, Pier Carlo Cardinali and Donata Pinti, and Silvano Biollati (guitar) and Gianpiero Malafatto (tuba, flute and trombone). A sud dell'anima - Carlo Salemi $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-salemi05) Salemi's 2002 recording, Hybla, was centered on his virtuosity on friscalettu. 2005 is time for a more complete work, emphasizing the versatility of this great Sicilian artist. Here Salemi proves himself not only to be a gifted musician but also a fine composer, singer and refined arranger. 38° parallelo instabili terre - Terrae $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-terrae) With its focus fixed to the south of the 38th parallel as it crosses Italy, the debut recording by Terrae compagnia di musiche popolari rejoins the threads of an ancient cohabitation, exploring its own memory and placing it alongside adjacent cultures and musical traditions. The result is traditional yet innovative music, where popular melodies from Sicily, Andalusia and the Maghreb resound within modern environments, bending classical instruments to popular expressive needs, decomposing familiar musical worlds and recomposing them in a personal manner. La Terra Che Mi Porta - Pivari Trio and Compagnia del Maggio di Frassinoro $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-pivari05) Canti sacri popolari di tradizione emiliana - Sacred songs both traditional and 'popular' (ie, folk tunes apart from the formal church liturgy) from Emiliano, Italy, performed by the instrumental group Pivari Trio and vocalists from Compagnia del Maggio di Frassinoro. A Fil de Ciel - A Fil de Ciel $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-ceil) The pure air of the Occitanian valleys pervades the music of this new Piedmontese band. Their debut album blends traditional and modern sounds, making a new contribution to the native music from this strip of Europe tucked between Italy and France. Special guest Riccardo Tesi adds his two-row melodeon. Rosso Rubino - Enrico Negro $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-negro) A sound classical training and long-standing activity in folk music are the basic elements of this refined Piedmontese guitar player. Compagnons Roulants, Tendachënt, Dòna Bèla are just some of the musical projects where the sound of his guitar isevident. For his solo debut, Negro gathered round him several friends, all of them well-known folk musicians, to bring his vision into reality. Epata - la musica delle stagioni - Tandarandan $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-tandar) These musicians are devoted to ethno-musical research and interpretation, with the goal of revitalizing the traditional repertoire of the area between the Lunigiana (northern Tuscany) and southern Liguria. Music is played with hurdy-gurdy, baghet (kind of bagpipe typical of the valleys of Bergamo), flutes, and various string instruments. Accade - Oliviero Biella $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-accade) After working with ensembles like Magam, Bandalpina, and Compagnia Strumentale Tre Violini, this guitarist from Lombardy, Italy has finally created his first starring role recording, with new song writing and accompanied by guests like Gabriele Coltri and Alfredo Savoldelli. Art music meets folk roots in an elegent ensemble's interpretation of these unusual songs. Fans of Gabriel Yacoub will find kinship in spirit. La belle epoque della Banda Bonnot (2 CDs) - Giangilberto Monti $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-monti) Twenty songs by Boris Vian, most of them unpublished, adapted in Italian and performed by this renowned Milanese song-writer and singer. The aim is to re-propose the story of the French anarchical outlaw Jules Bonnot. and this double CD follows the steps of the radio play written by Monti himself, produced by the Swiss Italian Radio. It was the winner of the Prix Suisse 2004 from Swiss national radio, in the fiction section. So sol d'amarti alla follia - Paola Lombardo-Donata Pinti-Betti Zambruno $temp out of stock-17.99 (cdRoots# fce-follia) These three protagonists of the folk music scene are perhaps the three voices that best represent female singing in Piedmont. Their different experiences did not prevent them from finding cohesion and consistency both in the themes they chose and their way of performing. Together they blend the tradition of popular songs with evocative, original arrangements. Asino siculo - Asteriskos $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-asterisko2) The next chapter in the adventure started in 2002, by three great Sicilian musicians. Giancarlo Parisi, Massimo Laguardia and Tanino Lazzaro prove they have plenty of stories to tell, and offer this mature, refined album filled with excellent songwriting alongside some traditional tunes, all interpreted with great skill and musicianship, played out on zampogna a paro cromatica (bagpipe), flute, tammorra, percussion, fisarmonica (accordion) and voices. Tilion - Stefano Valla, Attilio Rocca, Ettore Losini $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-tilion) An uncommon birthday present for a very uncommon person: Attilio Rocca is known as 'Tilion,' one of the fathers and keepers of the folk tradition in the area of the Four Provinces. Young at the age of 70, Tilion has his etrenal friends gather around to celebrate his life with a glass of Gutturnio, a salami of Varzi and plenty of good music to accompany his accordion. Fiore de tutti i fiori - Musicanti del Piccolo Borgo $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-musicanti1) A reissue of the most important tunes from the successful album Fiore de tutti i fiori, which was published in 2000 by Teatro del Sole (now out of print). The CD contains some of the finest melodies from the tradition of the Italian regions of Lazio and Molise, in excellently arranged versions performed by Musicanti. A must have recording! Ballate 1978-1996 - La Lionetta $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-lionetta04) A compilation of early recordings by one of Italy's most interesting new-roots ensembles. Li Turchi alla Marina - la Moresca antica $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-moresca-marina) antiche musiche italiane della tradizione marinara 2: the second collection of songs from the shores of Italy by this noted ancient music ensemble. Terra Celeste - Giancarlo Parisi and Katia Pesti $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-terraceleste) Another new project by Giancarlo Parisi, one of the most important Sicilian musicians in the last 20 years. Here he plays Sicilian bagpipes and soprano sax, in cooperation with the piano of another Sicilian, Ms Pesti. Deeply rooted but adamantly modern music. Passa ripassa - Trio Pivari $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-pivari) This is the debut recording of a band devoted to the roots of Apennine popular music. This trio is composed of musicians who have been researching and performing the traditional music of the region around Modena for a long time, and now they are ready to share it with the world. Amanca Luna - Asteriskos $temp out of stock-17.99 (cdRoots# fce-asteriskos) Giancarlo Parisi, one of the best known Italian players of the zampogna (bagpipes), friscalettu and other wind instruments of Sicily, returns with a new band. The Sicilian roots and acoustic sensibility are merged with contemporary arrangements, heeding history but always looking forward. Jan Senso Terro (ES5304 - Compagnons Roulants $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-compagnons) The group aims at the research and diffusion through a modern reinterpretation, of the kinds of music belonging to peasant and mountain culture of Piedmont, with particular attention to Occitania territory extending both in southern France and Piedmont. The repertoire includes songs and dances played with traditional instruments such as violin, percussion, hurdy-gurdy and bagpipes. Elegant minimalist arrangements and an extraordinary solo female voice make Compagnons Roulants an extremely innovative and fascinating proposal. La Rosa e la Ramella (ES5322) - Din Delon $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-dindelon) The debut of one this interesting ensemble from Lombardy, led by a well-known champion of this music, Andrea Capezzuoli. The evident passion for tradition is the driving force in this ensemble of voices, organetto (accordion), musette, clarinet, bagpipes and ghironda (hurdy-gurdy). Dona Bela (ES5312 - Dona Bela $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-donabela) Renat Sette, the voice of Provence, with an acoustic band of four Italian musicians, comparing the repertoires of Piedmont and Provence. Last June this CD received the Bravos! from the french Folk magazine Trad Mag. Many concerts in Italy and France show there is a wide interest on this work, whose musicians are probably the main characters in folk music of their Regions. Horse (ES5314 - Paul James Mark Hawkins $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-horse) The leader of Blowzabella in his first solo record. This worderful bagpiper is always a leader, and this venture into modern sounds opens new horizons in folk music. With Sheila Chandra, Carlos Beceiro and many other friends... Rosa rabbia e sangue - Myriam Lattanzio $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-lattanzio) This young Neopolitan singer presents her first complete recording, together with seven musicians (on guitar, bouzuki, bass guitar, accordion, percussion, sax and cello) in a presentation of traditional and original songs A l'Arbat del Sol (ES5316) - Laura Conti and Ombra Gaja $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-lconti) One of the most interesting among the emerging folk music bands from Piedmont, with Laura Conti's wornderful voice. It's a long time that her voice is always on stage with Paolo Conte, Giorgio Gaslini and other famous italian artists. Together with Ombra Gaja she choses to investigate the piedmontese traditional music repertoire, and the result is here for your ears! Ottoni and settimini (ES5306 - La Lionetta $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-lionetta) La Lionetta has long been one of the most popular and appreciated among the Italian folk -revival bands, as well as the less orthodox. Their first album, Danze e ballate dell'area celtica italiana published in 1978, was warmly welcome both by critics and public. A couple of years after their second work Il gioco del diavolo, the band reduced its activity until it stopped. La Lionetta was formed again in 1995 starting anew their repertoire which is characterized on one hand by autonomous composition of music and texts and on the other hand by strengthen and unconventional attitude towards tracks. La vulp la va 'n tla vigna (ES5315 - I Musetta $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-musetta) This CD is a celebration of traditional sounds from Italy's so called 4 Provinces. For more than 20 years Musetta is the first name we can associate to the particular music of this region. Led by the piffero and the musa, their music is always a learning experience for many folk musicians. Noel nouveau est venu (ES5311 - Le Picotage $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-picotage) Christmas songs and tunes from the Centre of France, played on hurdy gurdy, bagpipes, keyboards, plus a fantastic female voice. The Christmas Carols were chosen among the dozen of popular songs that are particulary abundant in the Centre of France: some of these songs are still sung in certain churches in the Limousin region. The legendary complex to which the lyrics make reference are taken mainly from the Apocryphal Evangiles. Al lung de la riviera - Betti Zambruno and Tendachent $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-riviera) A collaboration between Betti Zambruno and the band that in 1997 inherited the mantle (and some of the musicians) of La Ciapa Rusa, the well-known group Zambruno sang with in the '80s. Zambruno and ensemble play the repertoire of Leone Sinigaglia, one of the fathers of traditional Piedmontese music. Hybla (ES5320) - Carmelo Salemi $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-salemi) The Mediterranean music comes to its highest level in this debut album for a virtuous player of friscaletto, a particular kind of flute typical of the sicilian tradition. Guitars and many percussions provide the arrangements of this hot CD, giving more than an eye to the Arabian sound. Listen! Quartettino Giocoso (ES5307 - Quartetto Tamborini $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-tamborini) This work collects compositions by the so-called minor authors of the cultivated music of the Eighteenth century in Piedmont. Indeed, these composers played roles which were not minor in the Piedmontese music panorama, their compositions being played in the major theatres and concert halls all over Northern Italy. Drawing from this repertoire, the band re-proposes in a very original way the compositions transcribed for the most classic among the classic kinds of ensemble: the string quartet. Quartetto Tamborini is born from an idea by Bruno Raiteri, violinist of La Ciapa Rusa. Ori pari - Tendachent $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-tendachent) Tendachent is a piedmontese band born in the Spring 1997 as a natural evolution of one of the main folk-revival bands from Northern Italy, La Ciapa Rusa. The original band boasted a twenty-year career, 7 records and several concerts all over the world. Apart from Maurizio Martinotti, who founded and leaded La Ciapa Rusa, two more members from the same group joined Tendachënt. Three young and skilled musicians complete the new band. Part of Tendachënt's repertoire consists of modern versions and interpretations of La Ciapa Rusa's tracks. La cadrega fioria (ES5309 - Le Vija $17.99 (cdRoots# fce-vija) Some of the best musicians of Piedmontese traditional music play together in Le Vijandagrave;: it was the Regional Administration of Piedmont who commissioned the creation of this band from Turin's FolkClub and EthnoSuoni. The group joins experienced musicians and young, clever ones. The repertoire gives an example of the various kinds, styles, cultures and languages of a Region rich in musical traditions. Basically acoustic, Le Vijandagrave;'s sound includes modern interpretation of the traditional repertoire, both for the refined use of instruments and the sophisticated arrangements. Scapula - Sancto Ianne $temp out of stock-17.99 (cdRoots# fce-scapula) Originating in the South of Italy, the band is Gianfranco Parente (guitar, accordion and vocals), Ciro Maria Schettino (guitar, violin, flute and mandoloncelle, vocals), Alfonso Coviello (tammorre [large Italian tambourine], tamburella, timpano and other percussion), and Gianni Principe (lead vocals and castenets). Diario di Bordo - La Ciapa Rusa $temp out of stock-17.99 (cdRoots# fce-rusa) One of Italy's most influential bands is back on CD in a performance of songs that spans their 20 year career, recorded in their official farewell concert recorded live in Casale Monferrato, July 12th 2003. Essential listening. Incantatrice (ES5313) - La Rionda $temp out of stock-17.99 (cdRoots# fce-rionda) This ensemble is the best known and full of history in Liguria traditional music revival. A large band with great voices (Laura Parodi and Max Manfredi) and appreciated musicians. The arrangements are the result of a particular work lasted more than 4 yearsand they are really able to let you taste Liguria and its sea traditions. Bravos! of Trad Mag during summer 2001. La notte di Natale (ES5303 - Ensemble del Doppio Bordone $temp out of stock-17.99 (cdRoots# fce-doppio) With its blend of ancient instruments from peasant culture (bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, flutes) and of cultured origin (fiddle, cello and harmonium), during last ten years this band performed all over Europe, obtaining a vast positive response both from audience and critics. In December 1995, the Ensemble represented Italy in the program Comete, co-produced by various national broadcasting companies of EU, Eastern Europe and North-American countries. Its repertoire varies from alms-collecting chants, dances played during harvest time, carnival music and Christmas carols, songs sung in May and melodies of Passion. La Furlancia - La Furlancia $temp out of stock-10.99 (cdRoots# fce-furlancia) La Furlancia is a rather new group but its three musicians have a long experience in playing traditional music. They base their repertoire on traditional dances and songs from Liguria, but they also draw some inspiration from the music of Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto or Emilia Romagna, all regions which share a common musical language. In the past, traditional songs and dances were strongly related to their meaning in a society which had a different organization; that is why the band decided to change something when they built up and arranged the music, in order to approach the musical tastes of today's listeners. Mo' siente - Sancto Ianne $temp out of stock-16.99 (cdRoots# fce-5360) This hard hitting ensemble from Benevento, near Naples, was a house favorite with their 2002 release Scapula. This 2005 release features special guest vocalist Faisal Taher, joining the ensemble of Gianni Principe (voice and castagnette), Alfonso Coviello (tammorre, tamburello, darbouka, percussion), Ciro Schettino (chitarra battente, mandoloncello, fiati etnici), Antonio Pasquariello (guitars), Sergio Napolitano (fisarmonica [accordion], percussion), Raffaele Tiseo (violin, bouzouki) and Massimo Amoriello (electric bass). Miniatures - Mireille Ben Ensemble $temp out of stock-17.99 (cdRoots# fce-ben06) The Italy-based French singer returns with another trans-Alpine musical exploration, joined by Italian guitarist Oliviero Biella and an ensemble of cornmuse (bagpipes), clarinet, violin, drums, acoustic and electric bass and musical saw. Beautiful in its simplicity of performance, with traditional songs both familiar and obscure.